makeImageRequest development testing

Hi,

I'm working to migrate my image server to a different codebase.

The image server returns QR code etc. sized to the Garmin device that requested them.

However...

My test server is running on localhost. I got around the HTTPS requirement, but I cannot load images into the simulator at all. This means I cannot validate that my new server is working for Garmin without pushing it... which I obviously do not want to do because I haven't tested it!

Is there any way at all for me to get the simulator to display images from localhost?

0 9635560 over 1 year ago

(To be clear, I have done the basic testing of parameters and returns - I get valid QR images correctly sized in the browser, but I simply get a "null" response to any image request.)

0 flocsy🤠 over 1 year ago

set up another IP, something like 192.168.1.42 or 10.0.0.42 and try to reach that.

0 9635560 over 1 year ago in reply to flocsy🤠

Will that fix it though?

Only threads I see are about Garmin using a web service to process images, so needing IP to be publicly accessible… but also that SSL requirement is only able to be relaxed for simulator… so I would essentially need an entire new website plus certs in order to test my dev environment before pushing it as my release environment.
Seems a bit of a heavy lift for a pocket money enterprise like Garmin apps.

0 flocsy🤠 over 1 year ago in reply to 9635560

If the problem is with the ssl there are numerous free ssl certificate providers. For example: https://letsencrypt.org/

You can create a valid certificate for your domain (that you will need to have anyway if you plan to upload an app that needs to use a web server)